March 28 - 30, r
At The Penn State Ag Arena
PCA Awards Banquet
STATE COLLEGE The
Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s Asso
ciation Awards Banquet has been
scheduled for Thursday, March
28, at the Celebrations Hall, near
the Nittany Mall, State College.
The festivities will begin with a
social hour at 6:30 p.m., followed
by a prime rib dinner at 7 p.m.
Cattle producers will be recog
nized for several awards includ
ing the Industry Service Award,
Commercial Cattleman,
Seeds!ock Breeder, and Cattle
Feeder of the Year. One farm will
also be recognized with the Envi
Tallman Potatoes and
Statewide Bag Service
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Exposition
ronmental Stewardship Award
for its dedication to preserving
agriculture and the environment.
In addition, the 2002 Cattle
men’ s Beef Ambassadors will be
announced, and the final Beef
Quiz Bowl competitions will be
conducted. There will also be spe
cial award presentations by or
ganizations affiliated with PCA.
Banquet reservations should be
made by March 21 by calling or
faxing the PCA office at (814)
238-5888 or emailing
Uw@l2su.edu. More information
is also available on the PCA web
site at www.pacattle.org.
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MIDDLETOWN (Dauphin
Co.) The Pennsylvania Beef
Quality Assurance (BQA) pro
gram has accomplished a great
deal in the past year. The pro
gram was created to increase
consumer confidence in beef by
training and certifying beef and
dairy producers in best manage
ment practices. Below is a time
line, showing the accomplish
ments and future goals of the
Scheduled
The PCA Annual Meeting will
be held in conjunction with the
awards banquet. New directors
will be elected at this time. Please
forward any nominations for the
PCA Board of Directors to the
PCA Office, 862 Webster Drive,
State College, PA, 16801. Nomi
nees must be members of PCA.
The PCA Awards Banquet will
kick off the 2002 Pennsylvania
Beef Expo which includes the
trade show, performance-tested
bull sale, purebred female sales,
and several junior events includ
ing the beef skill-a-thon, beef quiz
bowl, and large heifer and steer
shows.
Sometimes You Need a Spreader
When spreading stockpiled lime, for example.
The Stoltzfus Wet Lime Spreader is likely the most
powerful spreader of its kind on the market today.
You see, we’ve been building them since 1945, and
farmers are still using Stoltzfus Wet Lime Spreaders
they’ve had for 20, even 30 years. Our special drag
chain is 4 times stronger than stainless steel, and
handles frozen and heavy stockpiled lime with ease.
Plus for spreading compost, composted sludge,
poultry litter and certain fertilizers, the WLS is
without equal for sheer volume spreading.
• Two-ton, five-ton, eight-ton models
• PTO, 540 rpm or 1,000 rpm
• Two-speed conveyor chain
• Leaf spring suspension
• Dual 24 ” spinners
• Spreads 40’effectively
• One-sided spreading capability
• Truck-mounted models available
PA-BQA Accomplishments, Goals
Built Like A Tank
Morgan Way, P.O. Box 527, Morgantown, PA 19543
PA-BQA program.
August 2001 Set up a series
of focus groups in State College
to connect with consumers. Tar
geted women between 25-54 to
examine purchasing habits and
choices they make at the meat
case.
September 2001 to February
2002 More than 1,000 BQA
manuals distributed at training
sessions and other BQA events.
September 2001 to February
2002 News releases sent to 13
Pennsylvania agricultural news
papers regarding the classroom
and chute side training.
December 2001 - February
2002 Four hundred 2X3-foot
posters printed with BQA, PDA,
PBC and PCA logos including
contact information being placed
in veterinary clinics, feed stores,
extensions offices, and auction
markets to build PA-BQA aware
ness.
February 2002 - Survey con
ducted in eight grocery retail
stores by team of PSU students to
identify influences on purchasing
choices.
February - June 2002 One
hundred BX4-foot billboards cre
ated and being distributed to
each of 60 extension offices
statewide for placement in highly
visible and high traffic areas to
Cut your fertilizer bill
by liberating nutrients
tied up by acid soil.
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increase consumer awareness.
Remaining inventory to be dis
tributed by PCA and PBC to
areas having high visibility.
April 2002 Website will be
available for producers to take
Phase I of their training without
attending a classroom session.
April 2002 BQA packaging
label evaluation and selection de
signed to be more consumer
friendly and effectively pull BQA
beef through marketing channels.
May - June 2002 Brochure
designed providing consumer
awareness message in user
friendly terminology. News re
leases to major PA press an
nouncing availability of brochure.
May - June 2002 Consumer
Awareness Media Campaign to
purchase TV, radio and print
news.
June 2002 Point-of-Purchase
brochures in the meat case area
at retail stores.
June 2002 Re-certification
component to be added to the
BQA Training Program.
April-June 2002 Amend
ments and review of the manual
and BQA program to study the
need to add further components
to the PA-BQA program.
For more information, please
call the Pennsylvania Beef Coun
cil office at (717) 939-7000.
Use Lime.